Texting and mobile phone app interventions for improving adherence to preventive behavior in adolescents: A systematic review

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Badawy, Sherif M ^a,b   Kuhns, Lisa M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Behavior; Medication adherence; Mobile applications; Mobile phone; Prevention; Smartphone; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85081220323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6837     Document Type: Article

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